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Eberl, Jason T.

 
9780268107734: The Nature of Human Persons: Metaphysics and Bioethics
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ISBN 10 : 0268107734 ISBN 13 : 9780268107734
Editeur : University of Notre Dame Press, 2020

Synopsis

For a human being to exist, does it require an immaterial mind, a physical body, a functioning brain, a soul?

Is there a shared nature common to all human beings? What essential qualities might define this nature? These questions are among the most widely discussed topics in the history of philosophy and remain subjects of perennial interest and controversy. The Nature of Human Persons offers a metaphysical investigation of the composition of the human essence.

Jason Eberl also considers the criterion of identity for a developing human being--that is, what is required for a human being to continue existing as a person despite undergoing physical and psychological changes over time? Eberl places Thomas Aquinas's account of human nature into direct comparison with several prominent contemporary theories: substance dualism, emergentism, animalism, constitutionalism, four-dimensionalism, and embodied mind theory. These theories inform conclusions regarding when human beings first come into existence (at conception, during gestation, or after birth), how we ought to define death for human beings, and whether (and if so how) human beings may survive death. Ultimately, The Nature of Human Persons argues that the Thomistic account of human nature addresses the matters of human nature and survival more holistically than other theories and offers a cohesive portrait of one's continued existence from conception through life to death and beyond.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jason T. Eberl is professor of health care ethics and director of the Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University. He is the author of a number of books, including Contemporary Controversies in Catholic Bioethics.

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Éditeur
University of Notre Dame Press
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0268107734
ISBN 13 
9780268107734
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Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
422
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